---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-086770"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BIO"
cik: "0000012208"
company_name: "BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T15:46:42.780568+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Co-founder Alice Schwartz to leave Bio-Rad board; appointed Director Emeritus

## Summary
- Alice N. Schwartz, co-founder and director, will not stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Board appointed Schwartz as Director Emeritus effective April 26, 2022; role is non-voting and unpaid.
- Director Emeritus may attend board meetings and receive materials at company's discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-086770
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BIO
- cik: 0000012208
- company_name: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000119312522086770/0001193125-22-086770-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000119312522086770/d146912d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-086770
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-086770.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-086770.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alice N. Schwartz departed as Director at BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 23, 2022, Alice N. Schwartz, a director and co-founder of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her decision not to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000119312522086770/0001193125-22-086770-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alice N. Schwartz was appointed as Director Emeritus at BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director Emeritus
  source text: On March 23, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Mrs. Schwartz as a Director Emeritus, effective as of April 26, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000119312522086770/0001193125-22-086770-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.